Name
Paul Meurisse
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1912-12-21
Deathday
1979-01-19 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Dunkerque, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Biography
Paul Meurisse (21 December 1912, Dunkirk – 19 January 1979, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to play comedic and serious dramatic roles. His screen appearances ranged from the droll and drily humorous to the menacing and disturbing. His most celebrated role was that of the sadistic and vindictive headmaster in the 1955 film Les Diaboliques.
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Known For
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The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by a...
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A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of ...
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An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inheri...
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"Le septième ciel" became Raymond Bernard's last film; a black comedy about a female brew...
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The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in...
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A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, b...
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Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least m...
- 1955 Diabolique as Michel Delassalle
- 1966 Le Deuxième Souffle as Commissaire Blot
- 1963 Crooks in Clover as commandant Théobald Dromard, dit « Le Monocle »
- 1947 Bethsabée as Le capitaine Lucien Sommervill - l'ex amant d'Arabella
- 1974 The Suspects as Laurent Kirchner
- 1959 Picnic on the Grass as Étienne Alexis, célèbre biologiste
- 1960 The Truth as Maître Éparvier
- 1969 Army of Shadows as Luc Jardie
- 1942 Forbidden to Love as Maxime Gavard
- 1962 The Eye of the Monocle as Théobald 'Monocle' Dromard
- 1948 Impasse of Two Angels as Jean
- 1948 Scandal as Steve Richardson
- 1948 The Eleven O'Clock Woman as Stanilas Octave Seminario aka 'SOS', détective
- 1955 The Affair of the Poisons as l'abbé Guibourg
- 1965 The Big Swag as Paul Filippi, gentleman crook
- 1964 The Monocle's Sour Laugh as Commander Théobald Dromard, aka 'Le Monocle'
- 1971 Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques as Kruger
- 1965 When the Pheasants Pass as Alexandre Larsan-Bellac
- 1945 Vingt-quatre heures de perm'
- 1945 Destitute Mary as Edouard
- 1946 The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic as B.B. / Richard Fernay
- 1963 Chicken Feed for Little Birds as M. Armand, un ancien truand
- 1959 Marie-Octobre as François Renaud-Picart
- 1947 Inspector Sergil as Inspector Pierre Sergil
- 1948 Colonel Durand as Colonel of the Empire Gérard Durand
- 1955 Fortune carrée as Mordhom
- 1948 Sergil et le dictateur as Inspector Sergil
- 1949 The Red Angel
- 1963 L'assassin connaît la musique as Lionel Fribourg
- 1975 The Gypsy as Yan Kuq
- 1951 Maria of the End of the World
- 1946 Back Streets of Paris as Victor Ménard, Mrs. Rose's former accomplice
- 1965 Me and the Forty Year Old Man as Alexandre Dumourier
- 1951 Serenade to the Executioner
- 1961 The Game of Truth as Portrant
- 2010 Code Name: Melville as Self (archive footage)
- 1957 Until the Last One as Fredo Ricioni
- 1952 Sergil Among the Girls as l'inspecteur Sergil
- 1965 Le Majordome as Léopold
- 1959 Head Against the Wall as Dr. Emery
- 1943 The Wolf Farm as Furet
- 1973 The Voracious Ones as Inspecteur Martino
- 1958 Not Delivered as Divisional Commissioner Varzeilles
- 1966 Congress of Love as Talleyrand
- 1958 Les Violents as Principal Inspector Malouvier
- 1958 Seventh Heaven as Manuel Villa
- 1971 Easy Down There! as Bishop
- 1957 The Inspector Likes a Fight as Inspector Morice
- 1960 Love and the Frenchwoman as Jean-Claude Perret, publicitaire et mari cocu (segment "L'Adultère")
- 1954 The Contessa's Secret as L'empereur Napoléon III
- 1961 The Black Monocle as Dromard, "Le Monocle"
- 1953 Je suis un mouchard as Bob Torquella
- 1963 Be Careful Ladies as Charles Rouvier
- 1962 Bells Without Joy as Captain of Lambérieux
- 1976 The Education in Love of Valentin as Julien Blaise
- 1948 Le Dessous des cartes as Inspector Nansen
- 1959 Guinguette as Viscount Édouard de Villancourt
- 1941 Montmartre on the Seine as Paul Mariol
- 1949 Last Hour, Special Edition as Dominique Coche
- 1950 Agnes of Nothing as Carlos
- 1951 My Wife Is Formidable as Lui-même chez le dentiste
- 1941 Ne bougez plus ! as Hector
- 1947 Monsieur chasse as Moricet
- 1961 The New Aristrocrats as Father Philippe de Maubrun
- 1942 Love Marriage as Robert
- 2002 Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1971 Samedi soir ( 2 episodes ) as Self
